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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Living in the Past

As an Oakland A's fan, there haven't been a lot of exciting baseball memories in recent years regarding my beloved team. Ever since they fell flat on their face in 2014, they've traded away most of their big names and have gone on to have back to back losing seasons. And by the looks of it, this year won't be any different.

But that's okay. It just makes me appreciate the happier times. One of those eras was in the late80's when Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco were smashing balls and bashing forearms in celebration.

Were they using PED's? Sure. But let's not ruin the mood. We can always travel down that road another day. Let's just bask in the beauty of these 2016 Topps Legacies of Baseballon-card autographs that I added to my collection a while back.Last Friday marked the 30th Anniversary of The Bash Brothers hitting home runs in the same game for the first time. On May 19th, 1987... Jose Canseco hit a home run off of Dennis Rasmussen in the bottom of the first inning. Two innings later, Mark McGwire hit one too. They'd go on to accomplish this feat forty more times as teammates and once more as opponents.

Six weeks later on America's 211thbirthday, The Bash Brothers hit back to back home runs in the bottom of the fifth inning off of Bruce Hurst for the first time ever. They would go on to accomplish this feat ten more times during their careers. Athleticsfans wouldn't need to wait long... as the duo would do it again the next day off of Dennis Oil Can Boyd in the bottom of the fourth.It's been almost twenty years since The Bash Brothers were teammates. Since then, a lot has happened and these days they have little to do with each other. Maybe one dayMcGwire will find it in his heart to forgiveCanseco for opening his mouth.

Heck... Paulpatched things up with Yoko. Anything can happen, right? In the meantime... as long as the Athleticscontinue to fight for last place, I guess I'll have to be content with living in the past.Happy Tuesday and sayonara!

About Me

I've been collecting cardboard off and on since the early 80's. I'm presently collecting. But who knows what the future holds in store for me.
One thing is for certain... I'll have my blog to help relive some of my favorite hobby moments.